North Carolina Tar Heels NCAA Basketball News

With NC State beating Miami 7-1 earlier in the day, the UNC-NCSU game on Saturday night was already set to be for a berth in the ACC Championship game versus Virginia Tech.

The North Carolina rowing team has nearly 60 athletes on the 2012-13 roster. Only about half of those athletes traveled to compete in the ACC Championships at Clemson May 11-12. And about half of those athletes had any experience rowing before attending the University of North Carolina.

For eight innings of Friday night's Atlantic Coast Conference game, North Carolina seemed to regress in a tune-up game.

The Tar Heels spent Thursday in the Philadelphia area preparing for Friday's NCAA semifinal vs.

Maryland 's high-octane offense couldn't quite hit every gear against Syracuse , but the No.

Kara Cannizzaro scored four straight goals in a 7:20 span in the second half to help third-seeded North Carolina beat two-time defending national champion Northwestern 11-4 on Friday in the NCAA women's lacrosse semifinals.

The third-seeded North Carolina Tar Heels will try to repeat what they did earlier in the season against the second-seeded Northwestern Wildcats - they beat them.

In 2011, at Durham Bulls Athletic Park, the Wolfpack ripped Florida State 7-0 in its tournament opener, then lost the next two games in pool play.

North Carolina's Gina Suarez-Malaguti and Caroline Price advanced to the round of 16 with second round wins in the NCAA Singles Championship Thursday at the Atkins Tennis Center on the campus of the University of Illnois.

As the North Carolina bus inched its way through traffic on the Blue Route toward Villanova Stadium in the rain late Thursday afternoon, no one thought to ask Margaret Corzel if she knew any shortcuts.

UNC's Colin Moran slides safely home as Miami catcher Garrett Kennedy waits for the late throw during the ACC Tournament at Durham Bulls Athletic Park Thursday.

JANUARY 26: Rodney Purvis #0 of the North Carolina State Wolfpack encourages the crowd to get loud during a game against the North Carolina Tar Heels at PNC Arena on January 26, 2013 in Raleigh, North Carolina.

The North Carolina Baptist Men are sending three teams with heavy equipment to Moore, Okla., to help with the cleanup from the tornado that damaged tens of thousands of structures there Monday and claimed 24 lives.

This is Amelia Rayno's second season on the Gophers' basketball beat. She learned college basketball in North Carolina , where fanhood is not an option.

The playoffs are all about performing under pressure, and in Ashland High baseball coach John Wallace the Grizzlies have somebody who knows exactly what that takes and what it looks like.

The eighth-seeded Miami Hurricanes begin play in the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament at 3 p.m. Thursday against No.

N.C. State baseball coach Elliott Avent gave the impression that beating rival North Carolina might be higher on his list of priorities than winning the ACC tournament when he decided to hold his ace Carlos Rodon back for Saturday's matchup with the Tar Heels.

DU junior goalie Jamie Faus is scheduled to play the second half Saturday against Syracuse in an NCAA semifinal game at Philadelphia.

Indiana basketball has lost out on one of the nation's top recruits. Theo Pinson has chosen North Carolina over Indiana.

The objective for North Carolina and North Carolina State will be reaching Saturday night's matchup in the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament with something to play for.